Sink-cleaning device.



Patented Dec. 2, I902.

w. ,MELVINI SINK CLEANING DEVICE.

{Application filed Mar. 10, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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W'ILLIAM MELVIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SINK-CLEANING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 715,107, datedDecember 2, 1902.

Application filed March 10,1902. Serial No. 97,555. (No model.)

To on whom it may concern:

' Beit known that I,WILL1AM MELVIN,a citizen of the UnitedStatesmesiding at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sink-CleaningDevices, of which the following is a full and complete specification,such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved device forcleaning sinks and other receptacles of various kinds and classes, afurther object being to provide a device of this class which is madeapproximately in the form of a shovel and which is of a form andconstruction particularly adapted for the object specified, but whichmay be used for other purposes.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings forma part, in which the separate partsof myinvention are designated by suitable reference characters in eachof the views, and in which Figure l is a side view of my improvedsink-cleaning device, and Fig. 2 a plan view thereof.

In the practice of my invention I provide a device of the classspecified which comprises a shovel portion a and a handle portion b. Theshovel portion a is preferably com posed of a piece of sheet metal,preferably steel, and of such thickness as to give the required strengththereto.

The handle I) is connected with the shovel a at c in the usual order inany preferred manner, and the end of the shovel opposite the handle issplit longitudinally for a portion of its length, as shown at d, andsaid end of the shovel is provided with an edge e.

The splitting of the shovel at d divides the cutting-edge portionthereof into two separate parts f and r and one of these parts ispreferably narrower than the other, and the object of splitting theshovel at d is to give the narrower part thereof a slight spring action,and the cutting edge of said part is formed into projecting teeth h, anydesired number of which may be employed. The object of the teeth h is toprovide means for scraping off, scratching ofif, or breaking up anysubstance that adheres to the bottom of the sink and also for cleaningout cavities or depressions forming therein, and these teeth may also beemployed for scraping or cleaning serrated, corrugated, or otherroughened surfaces. It will also be apparent that the device may be usedas an ordinary shovel for cleaning out corners or narrow spaces of anykind or class.

Having fully disclosed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A device of the class described comprising a shovel having a handlesecured to one end thereof, said shovel being split for a portion of itslength at the cutting edge, and one of the parts of the cutting edgethus formed being provided with teeth, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my invention I have signed myname,in presence of the subscribing witnesses,this 7th day of March,1902.

WILLIAM MELVIN. Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, F. F. TELLER.

